We connect people with learning opportunities and creative ideas from the UK and aim to build lasting relationships between the UK and Iraq.

Education is the focus of our re-engagement with Iraq, working in partnership with Iraqi institutions and individuals to reconnect Iraq with the international educational community and sharing the UK’s experience to help design Iraqi solutions to Iraq’s challenges.

Do you need to prove your English for study or work?

British Council Iraq can help you in proving your English language skill to study at UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and most of the American Universities or you may want to work or immigrate to one of these countries, all you have to do is registering your name for the available IELTS exams at our office in both Baghdad and Erbil.

How to register?

You can visit http://ielts.britishcouncil.org/iraq and find out a preffered date to apply for your test.

and for more details please visit this page http://www.britishcouncil.org/iraq-education-exams-ielts.htm

For enquiries:

Baghdad office: please call +964(0)7901911971 or write to iraq@britishcouncil.org  

Erbil office:  please call +964(0)7501352277 or write to ielts.erbil@gmail.com

Education is the focus of our re-engagement with Iraq.Find out how Iraqi institutions and individuals are reconnecting with the international educational community.

The British Council is strongly committed to Equal Opportunities & Diversity. In Iraq, we follow the most appropriate practices and integrate EO&D principles in all that we do. Please visit the Diversity page for further information.

We're providing access to information and materials, through the Iraqi universities resource centres, the books donation programme, and visits and training programmes. Find out more.

Find out how we worked in partnership with the BBC World Service Trust to address the most urgent needs of the Iraqi media.